Pocket construction



April 3, 1928. 1,664,460

F. MAYER POCKET CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 8, 1924 Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

FRED MAYER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

POCKET GONSTRUGTIDN'L Application filed: August a, 1924. Sam No. 730,876.

and which will be adapted in a simple and.

ingenious manner toprovide means whereby, without necessitating, the use of a flap, button or other. fastening or protective means, the pockets" of the garments ofthe present invention will be adapted to securely retain articles therein while permitting the .ready' removal of such articles therefrom, as and when desired. V p

In the accompanying specification I shall describe, and in the annexed drawing show, several illustrative embodiments of the articles of the present invention. It is, however, to be clearly understood that my in vention is. notlim'ited to the specificembodiinents thereof herein shown and described for the purposes of illustration only.

Referring to the drawing, wherein I have illustrated the aforesaid illustrative embodiments of the present invention :v

Fig. 1 is aplan view of one form of garment pocket madein accordance with the principles of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. I of still another form of garment pocket made in acv cord'a-nce with the principles of the present invention; and I Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of still another form of garment pocket made in accordance with the principles ofthe present invention.

Referring now to the aforesaid illustrative pocket of the present invention is of comas knit fabric having vertically disposed.

wales, while the rest of the pocket is preferably made of material having comparatively slight expansibilit in a direction transverse to the line 0 5 opening of the pocket, as by being made of knit fabric havin horizontally disposed wales.

or example, and referring'now more particularly to the embodiment shown in Fig. l of the drawingflO designates the main body portion. of the garment to which the pocket, generally designated by reference character 11, is applied. The pocket 11 has. the opening 12? defined bythe facing portion- 13", which is: of a substantially inverted T-shaped form, the rest of the pocket being definedby the facing portion 14" which. is of substantially square or rectangular form. Thefaci-ng portions 13and 14" may be joined to each other by the seam-or other suitable securing means- 153 while the pocket-defining portions 13 and 14 may be attached to the body portion: of the garment 10 by an edge seam, here indicated by reference character 16''.

In the embodiment here. illustrated, the portion 13, defining the pocket opening 12, is preferably made of knitted fabric having its wales vertically disposed, so that. the

opening is expansible, the fabric of the portion 13. being expansible ina direction transverse to the line of the pocket opening 12". The portion 14", in the example'here given, is likewise made of knitted fabric, but in this case the wales of the knitted fabric are horizontally disposed, whereby the fabric has comparatively little expansibility transversejoined to the lower portion 1a, which is of v r 1,664,460 UNITED STATES OFFICE- min to be expanded or stretched in a direction transverse to the line of the opening 12, while the facing port-ion 1 1 of the pocket 11, although made of knitted fabric, has the wales of the same horizontally disposed so as to have comparatively little expansi- 7 bility transversely to the line of the pocket opening 12. in this way the pocket will have the desired great degree of expansibilityadjacent the pocket opemng, in the construction desired, while the main body portion of the pocket is without such extensibility, since thesame 1s not desirable in the latter case.

In the form shown in Fig. 8 of the drawing the resulting pocket construction is quite similar to the form shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing except that the upper portion 13 of the pocket 11, defining" the restricted ope'ning 12, is of a'substantially square or rectangular form, as is also the case with the lower portion '14- of the material defining the pocket 11 which latter is attached,

as by the line of stitching 16, to the garment portion 10. A seam 15 may be used to attach the upper portion 18 of the pocket to the lower portion 1 f ofthe same.. In this case, as in the case of the pocket shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the upper portion 13 is made of knit fabric having vertically disposed wales, while the lower portion 14 of they pocket has horizontally disposed.

wales, for reasons already set forth in detail above. opening 12 of the pocket 11' is in this case obtained by two auxiliary lines ofstitching 17 and 18 across the corners of the upper portion 13 defining the pocket opening 12, thus providing a central portion 19 of substantially trapezoidal form as in the case of the upper portion 18 of the form of pocket illustrated in Fig.2 of the drawing.

The manner of constructing the garment pocket of the present invention has been set forth in sufficient detail above.

and the garment pocket very easy to cut, shapeand apply. The pocket constructions of the present invention, as illustrated above, possess the great advantage that while being simple in construction, and easy and economical to fabricate, they permit the ready expansion of the restricted opening of the pocket to the desired size to admit articles to be deposited in such pockets, where- The desired restricted form of. the

7 It will. be noted that the construction is very simple upon the pocket contracts .to its original size, due to the elasticity ofthe fabric or like portion defining the restricted pocket opening, whereby such articles are securely "retained in the ocketsnntn desired to be removed therefrom, which operation may be readily effected by reason of the ready expansibility' of the pocket opening. This type of pocket construction may be applied with great 'success'to the various types of garments enumerated above.

It mayhere be stated that the same desirable results may be obtained by properly stitching the top of the pocket, which may be of the usual rectangular or other regular shape, so as to provide the necessary restrictedor narrow opening at the top. In such" a case, the material of which the pocket or pocket facing is made may consistof a single piece of fabric having a single degree of elasticity, that is, for example, with the wales in longitudinal position so that the opening of the pocket has elasticity'in a direction transverse'to the pocket opening. i The purpose of having the difierent portions of the pocket or pocket facing so con structed and arranged as to have difi erent degrees of expansibility in different directions is that, by having the pocket at its mouth or. open portion of relatively great 7 transverse expansibility while the remaining portion of the pocket is of relatively slight transverse expansibility (the mouth or, open portion being of relatively slight longitudinal expansibility while the remaining portion of thepocket is of relativelyv great longitudinal expansibility), the mouth of the pocket maybe manipulated freely-to admit the objects which are desired'to be inserted into the pocket without too readily distortingthe mouth of the pocket, whilestill preventing the articles Within the pocket from becoming too readily dislodged therefrom, the relatively slight transverse expansibility of the remaining pocket portion permitting. the same to maintain its shapeevenwhen the pocket is quitefull. I v I What I claim as my invention is: '1. An article of wearing apparel comprising a'main body port-ion, and a pocket defirning facinglportion attached to said body portion, said pocketdefining facing portion. having its open end of'reduced size but of relatively greatexpansibility transversely as compared "to the longitudinal expansibility of said open'end, the remaining portion ofv said pocket-defining facing portion being of relatively slight expansibility transversely 'as comparedxto the longitudinal expansibility of said remaining portion. I o

2. An article of wearing apparel compris-.- ing a main body portion, and a pocket-defining facing portion attached to said body portion, said pocket-defining facing portion having-its open end of reduced size, the re maining portion of said pocket-defining facing portion being of relatively slight expansibility transversely as compared to the longitudinal expansibility of said remaining portion.

3. An article of wearing apparel comprising a main body portion, and a pocket-defining facing portion attached to said body portion, said pocket-defining facing portion having an open end portion of relatively great expansibility transversely as compared to the longitudinal expansibility of said relatively slight expansibility transversely 1 as compared to the longitudinal expansibility of said remaining portion.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 29th day of July, 1924.

FRED MAYER. 

